We find the title and report extremely misleading. Reading through it the reader might get an impression, that Poland is turning towards Nazi sentiment. It is quite absurd, as Poland was the country which suffered the most during the World War II from the German Nazi regime, its nation being systematically executioned and many cities, including capital Warsaw, totally demolished.

While it is true that some small groups of extremists joined the march and used it to promote their slogans, statement used in your newspaper: “tens of thousands of nationalists marched in a far-right organized rally” is a denial of journalist’s honesty and simply put - a lie. The vast majority of the participants were the common Polish citizens who wanted to commemorate nations’ freedom regained almost a century ago after long years of living under German, Russian and Austrian occupation.

Furthermore, Polish government, including President and Minister of Culture strongly condemned the antics of the few extremists, who disturbed otherwise peaceful event. Hence we believe that getting into conclusion that Poland is battling the rise of nationalism, based on one picture and not digging into actual facts is a major abuse which depicts Poland in very unfair way.

We hope that the true picture of Independence Day celebrations will find its way to the pages of “Daily Telegraph” and such misrepresentations will not take place in the future.

Adam Gajkowski – president of “ Nasza Polonia “ Association

Hubert Blaszczyk – president of Polish Political Prisoners Association

Stanislaw Zak – president of “ Gazeta Polska” Association

Dr Marek Baterowicz – publicist, poet, writer -member of Committee for the Defence of Poland

Prof. Andrzej Kozek – member of Committe for the Defence of Poland

Monika Wiench – publicist, member of Committe for the Defence of Poland

Dr Richard Adams – Dzierzba

Ps. For any information regarding this letter please contact: Hubert Blaszczyk – 47 Jabiru Street, Green Valley 2168
(02) 9607 0321 & 0425 353 606.